Cheng Tan
Assistant Professor · Northeastern University · New York University
Quick answer: Cheng Tan is Assistant Professor at New York University. Cheng Tan shows an active PhD hiring signal as of 2026-10-19.
⭐ If you are interested in building systems, we should talk [c.tan (at) northeastern.edu].
Research interests
I’m broadly interested in computer systems. I build systems that enable users to verify their outsourced services. In particular, my recent research includes: building Faithful LLM Systems, verifying ML systems, verifying consistency models of concurrent systems, verifying the execution of applications on untrusted servers.
Selected publications (since 2023)
[2026] LLM Jailbreak Oracle - MLSys 2026
[2026] Virtual Machine NUMA Placement at Scale: Learning the Norm, Shielding the Tail - MLSys 2026
[2025] TrainVerify: Equivalence-Based Verification for Distributed LLM Training - SOSP 2025
[2025] PipeLLM: Fast and Confidential Large Language Model Services with Speculative Pipelined Encryption - ASPLOS 2025
[2024] NN4SysBench: Characterizing Neural Network Verification for Computer Systems - NeurIPS 2024
[2024] Dropout Attacks - S&P 2024
[2023] Encrypted Databases Made Secure Yet Maintainable - OSDI 2023
[2023] Building Verified Neural Networks for Computer Systems with Ouroboros - MLSys 2023
[2023] Viper: A Fast Snapshot Isolation Checker - EuroSys 2023
[2023] NNSmith: Generating Diverse and Valid Test Cases for Deep Learning Compilers - ASPLOS 2
Frequently asked questions
Is Cheng Tan hiring PhD students at New York University?
Yes. As of 2026-10-19, Cheng Tan's faculty page shows a PhD hiring signal: If you are interested in building systems, we should talk [c.tan (at) northeastern.edu]..
What does Cheng Tan research?
I’m broadly interested in computer systems. I build systems that enable users to verify their outsourced services. In particular, my recent research includes: building Faithful LLM Systems, verifying ML systems, verifying consistency models of concurrent systems, verifying the execution of applicati
Data last updated: 2026-10-19 · Source: phd-match.com faculty database.
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